Improvement in petroleum-stoves



J. S. WILLIAMS.

Petroleum-Stove.

No. 206,204. Patented July 23,1878

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UNIT D STATES PATENT" O FIc JOHN s. WILLIAMS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PETROLEUM-STOVES.

Specification ibrniing part of Letters PatenbN o. 206,204, dated July 23, 1878; application filed Septeihber 20, 1 7.

To all whom it may conccm Be it known that I, JOHN S. WILLIAMS, of. Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Petroleum-Stoves, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to provide for the downward radiation of heated-air-cu-rrents from the stove, whereby, when the latter is used for heatin g purposes, the heat is caused to be brought into suitable contiguity to the floor for the proper and comfortable warming of the apartment, the apparatus being, moreover, from the peculiarities of its construction, adapted for cooking, laundry, and heating or warming purposes.-

Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of a petroleum-stove made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one portion of the same. Fig.3 is a side view of the same; and Fig. 4 is also a side view thereof, but taken in a plane at right angles 'to Fig. 3.

A is the oil-reservoir, provided with any de-- sired number of burners, B, of any ordinary'or.

suitable construction. Around the reservoir-A is an annular tank, (3, the walls act which extend upward beyond the level of the top of the reservoir A. The latter rests upon a down-' wardly projecting flange, b, which. elevates the bottom of the reservoir, leaving a clear space beneath. The flange b is perforated with any desired number of openings, to.

The tank 0 is filled with water, the latter rising over and uponthe top of the reservoir, as well as surrounding. the same at the sides,. while atmospheric air, passing througlrthe openings a, circulates freely in contact with 1 the bottom .of the reservoir. By the conjoint action of the water and of the air, therefore, the reservoir A iskept cooled below the tem perature at which explosive gases could be generated in the reservoir, and all liability of explosion within the reservoir is avoided.

The chimneys c of the burners 13 support a rim, D, upon which is placed the detachable .drum E, which comprises vwithin ita horizontal plate, a upon which the flame and hot air and products of combustion impinge. as theyrise from the burners, and whereby they are directed radiallyto passagesu, through which they pass upward to the fnnnel-sha 'ied deflector b", which directs them, through the "centralo )enin 0" a ainst the secondar )late I C) B c, by which they are agaiir-spread laterally to the passage f, which conducts them to the outlets g, whence they pass laterally to and downward through the annular passage G, provided around the drum by the fixed an- .pular plate m and top 92-, attached by suitable fixtures to the drum itself. .By the means just described the hot air and hot products of combustion from the burners are directed downward from the apparatus'to the floor, thereby enabling the apparatus to heat the apartment in its lower as well as in its upper on occasion, ate'a-ket-tlebr like utensil may be placed in lieu of the cap II for the purpose of heating said utensil.

' When it, is desired to use the-lower portion of the apparatus for general cooking or laundry purposes, the drum and its appurtenances are removed, and a laundry-boiler or cookin g utensil, as the case may be, is placed directly upon the rim in lieu of the drum.

Vhat I claim as my invention is' In; a petroleum s stove, the drum E, constructed with internal deflecting plates and passages, as set forth, in combination with the external annular passage G, provided to conduct the hot air, &c., from the burners in "a downward direction, Substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' JOHN ,SJVILLIAMS.

Witnesses EDWARD HoLLv, H. WELLS, Jr. 

